some of my first records were beatles albums too. got some around age 3 and cranked them on a plastic, orange fischer price turntable. the teeny bopper crap lost it's shine by age 6 and the stupid psychedelic stuff was tired by age 16. the old bar days stuff is tolerable i guess.

and who the hell wants to hear "octopus' garden"? i don't hate ringo but that song is a stain on a mostly great album. especially when it comes after paul mccartney who decided to make an effort and belt out "oh! darling". talk about a kick in the nads after jamming a great song. lucky for ringo, paul drops a turd, calls it "maxwell" and makes the garden seem less horrid in comparison. george, john and ringo all hated that song.

btw, most of of those innovative production techniques on sgt. pepper were copped from the mothers of invention "freak out".

I mean, even that silly comment regarding Octopus's Garden. Come on. Much like any one of Ferry's thousands of gifted restricted and unrestricted free agent contracts or Randy Lerner wearing a pair of shorts during the summer, the Beatles just did it for lighthearted yucks. It wasn't exactly a political statement. I mean, even the Muppets later sang it.

Besides, the first records I ever bought were Beatles records. I took a couple of pounds of my paper route change and bought them at J.P. Snodgrass at Cedar Center. In fact, the more I think about it, I find your implication personally offensive and I demand a personal apology.

the rest of it i can do without.